Example sentences of "[noun] be [conj] i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where has tha' been since I saw thee ? |
| 2 | Where has tha' been since I saw thee ? |
| 3 | ‘ The greatest irony is that I thought he could help me in my research on rape , ’ she says . |
| 4 | and the biggest tragedy is that I know you know what you want to say |
| 5 | Why else should I still be yearning after a man whom I knew to be a murderer while shrinking from the innocent Syl whose only crime was that I found him unattractive ? |
| 6 | My Lords , I , I do realise and I have to be satisfied with that erm and I shall do my best , but if I could just make my absolutely clear , simple proposition that I was seeking to perform is that if you are seeking to amend the law i i it ought to be possible for those who are seeking to understand the Government 's intentions to find out relatively easily what the law is and I suggest it 's very far from easy and even if you get to it , it 's not at all easy to understand . |
| 7 | I think that the real reason that I wanted to do Total recall was that I knew it might make me famous which then might help me get better parts . |
| 8 | The other factor against a return was that I reckoned it only a matter of time before they stopped being DINKS ( double income , no kids ) and became WHANnies ( ‘ We have a Nanny ’ ) . |
| 9 | A worrying thing at the moment is as I said we 're in close contact with is that the Malaysian Government is sending representatives over to visit the European Community Ministers in May , to try and say that there 's absolutely nothing wrong with what 's going on in their country with the logging , and they 're saying that people like Friends of the Earth are calling for a ban on timber , not because they care about sustained yield , but because we want to be able to sell our own wood , and this is to depress their trade . |
| 10 | The only difference is and I hope you 're not colour blind |
| 11 | Sophie smiled at her godmother , then , turning to Joanna , she said , ‘ The point is that I feel you 're disappointed . |
| 12 | ‘ The reason I chose to come here for a job was because I thought I had relations here . |
| 13 | My first impression of the JMU was that I hope they do n't visit us , ’ admitted Robert Dicketts , South Eastern Society of Chartered Accountants president and partner of Sevenoaks-based Lee Dicketts & Co . |
| 14 | I was just having a word with one of your colleagues here trying to take up what Mr 's point was and I think we 've come up maybe with a compromise , is that we call him the County Public Protection Officer . |
| 15 | Well , the point was as I recollect it , er that my understanding as far as the County Council 's case was concerned , was that er the village was not inset for E Ten purposes , it was inset to recognize what the County perceived as the physical reality of this being a substantial built-up area which fulfilled no greenbelt functions . |
| 16 | Mr and Mrs are as I understand it entirely satisfied with that school . |
| 17 | I hope that the Minister is more successful with his new portfolio than his predecessors were and I wish him all the best in the difficult task that lies ahead of him . |
| 18 | and then the rest is but I know she 'll tell stories to make me laugh , the rest is the same as you 've just done , OK ? |
| 19 | I guarantee I can tell what kind of actor a person is if I hear them do ‘ Three Blind Mice ’ . ’ |
| 20 | The three and a half inch is as I said it 's approximately |
| 21 | Life is as I thought it was ; shall we now celebrate this disappointment ? |
| 22 | ‘ My main thought was if I offer him my car how will I get to work tomorrow , and also if I give him the car will I be able to collect the insurance ? |
| 23 | You can break it but the thing is that I warned her , er , you know , as long as they get through to her hold on that that 's very nicely set up if she twiddles her |
| 24 | Well the thing is if I arrange it for May I can ring er talk to mum and see if she 'll do it |
| 25 | As I say the thing , the thing is as I say it 's you you your mor |
| 26 | erm well it does n't necessary apply that the agent is suing the name , the question is whether , what any right the agent has got , er the fact of the matter is as I understand it and tell me if I 'm wrong , that your client has erm received a demand under clause nine er , er which he has failed to comply , I think that must follow because er if he had complied with it , then that would never of got as far as the central fund |
| 27 | However there there is there is I think some re there are relevant sections in in the county council document N Y eleven , which follows on which is the the county 's as I understand it rebuttal to the H B F's assumptions on erm the environmental constraints and how they should apply across the county . |
| 28 | Although there was not much probability in my case , the answer is that I wish I had . |
| 29 | The most frightening thing was that I thought it would never stop . |
| 30 | ‘ You know , the worst thing was that I missed it . ’ |